Automobile transistor radio holder



April 5, 1966 A. DER TATEVASIAN 3,244,981

AUTOMOBILE TRANSISTOR RADIO HOLDER Filed June 13, 1963 2 Sheets-Sheet 1I WW 1 I umim" 2 a i 22 INVENTOR. 34*? ALBERT DER TATEVASIAN April 5,1966 A. DER TATEVASIAN AUTOMOBILE TRANSISTOR RADIO HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Filed June 13, 1963 INVENTOR ALBERT DER TATEVASIAN United StatesPatent "ice 3 244 981 AUTOMOBILE TRAfsslsroR RADIO HoLnER Albert DerTatevasian, 9935 59th Ave., Flushing, N.Y. Filed June 13, 1963, Ser. No.2s7,7z5

I 1 Claim. (c1. 32s 3s1) This invention concerns a holder for atransistor radio receiver on the dashboard or rear seat of anautomobile. I According to the invention the holder is constructed sothat the radio receiver in or out of its carrying carrying case can bereadily removedfrom or inserted into the holder. This makesit possibleto use the radio receiver outside of the automobile and to use the radioreceiver insidethe automobile in place of the conventional car radioreceiver.

' The holder may be made from pressed sheet metal or from plastic moldedto required form. The holder includes a generally rectangular box-likestructure with a front'wall having an opening therein. This openingconforms' in size and position to the loudspeaker opening in thetransistor radio receiver or in the usual leather case provided for sucha small, portable radio receiver. A

springy hinged extension is provided on the holder to engage theradioreceiver and retain it in the holder. Suitable mounting members areprovided for securing the holder to a support. According to amodification, the holder can be provided with magnets for adjustably anddetachably mounting the holder on a magnetic support' such as a steelautomobile dashboard. According to another modification, spring fingerscan be provided integral with "the holder walls for snugly holding aradio receiver smaller than the holder inside the holder or "for holdingthe r adio receiver while inside or outside of its carryingcase insidethe" holder.

; Itsis therefore one object of the invention to provide a holder for atransistor radio receiver mountable on a support in a vehicle.

A further object is to provide a box-like holder for a transistor radioreceiver with hinged spring means for retaining the radio receiver inthe holder.

Another object is to provide the radio receiver holder with anadjustable, angular horn for amplifying the sound of the radio receiverand for directing the sound in any desired direction.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a radio receiver holder embodying oneform of the invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the holder, showing aradio receiver mounted therein.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a top plan view taken a line 4-4 of FIG. 2, parts beingomitted.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a radio receiver holder, embodying amodified form of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the holder of FIG. 5, on anenlarged scale.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 77 of FIG. 6.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a radio receiver holder embodyinganother modified form of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of a holder embodying still anothermodified form of the invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken on line 10-10 of FIG. 9.

3,244,981 Patented Apr. 5, 1966 FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a radioreceiver holder embodying a still further modified form of theinvention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 1212 of FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 13-13 of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is a rear perspective view of the horn shown in FIG. 11.

Referring first to FIGS. 1-4, there is shown a radio receiver holder 20embodying one form of the invention. This holder is a generallyrectangular box-like structure with a flat rectangular front wall 22,flat rectangular rear wall 23, flat rectangular bottom wall 24, andrectangular opposed vertical side walls 26, 28. The bolder has an opentop. The front wall 22 has an upwardly and rearwardly extending flexibleextension 25 hinged to the top thereof as indicated at 27. The extensionhas an upwardly extending flange 29 coacting with a hook portion 31 onthe top of an extension 33 on the top of the rear wall 23. The extension25 serves as a retainer member to engage over the top of a rectangulartransistor radio receiver R disposed inside of or out of a carryingcase. The box-like radio receiver is indicated by dotted lines in FIGS.2 and 3. The side walls 26, 28 are shorter than the radio receiver toprovide access to volume and tuning controls at the upper sides of theradio receiver.

A pair of apertured eyes 30 are provided at opposite sides of the holderfor receiving screws to attach the holder to a vertical support.Alternatively, suitable hooks can be provided on the vertical supportsuch as an automobile dashboard or back of the rear seat of theautomobile for engaging the eyes and hanging the holder in a verticalposition.

In the front wall 22 is a large round opening 32 which registers withthe loudspeaker grill opening L of the radio receiver R to permit freepassage of sound from the radio receiver. I

It will be noted that the radio receiver can be readily removed from orinserted into the holder. Thus the radio receiver can be used away fromthe holder as well as when installed in the holder. Free access isprovided to the radio receiver controls, and sound is emitted withoutbeing mufiled when the radio receiver is in the holder. The radioreceiver can be disposed inside a carrying case while in the holder.

FIGS. 5-7 show another embodiment of the invention, in which holder 20is especially adapted for hanging or standing on vertical or horizontalportions of a steel dashboard of an automobile. The holder 20 hascertain parts corresponding to those of holder 20 and identicallynumbered. In this form, on the rear side of the rear wall 23 there is aplurality of small permanent magnets 34 in the form of small rectangularplates. The holder 20 can be detachably secured to a vertical magneticsteel wall of an automobile dashboard by magnetic attraction of magnets34 to the vertical wall.

Secured to the underside of bottom wall 24 there is another rectangularplate magnet 35. This magnet can retain the holder in a verticalposition on a horizontal magnetic steel wall of an automobile dashboard.If permanent attachment is desired screws can be inserted into eyes 30for securing the holder to the vertical wall. The screws can be insertedinto eyes 30 extending laterally of the side walls at the bottom thereoffor permanently attaching the holder to the horizontal wall of thedashboard.

FIG. 8 shows another modified form of radio receiver holder 20 which issimilar to holder 20, except that two flexible spring fingers 36 areintegrally formed with the side walls 26", 28 and extend inwardly of theholder.

These spring fingers serve to hold radio receivers of different sizessnugly inside the holder. If the interior of the holder is sufficientlylarge to accommodate the radio receiver while disposed in a' carryingcase, then the spring fingers will hold the radio receiver snugly whenthe rereceiver is removed from the case. The spring fingers will keepthe receiver loudspeaker centered in opening 32.

The modified form of radio receiver holder 20 shown in FIGS. 9 and 10differs from the holder of FIG. 8, in that the extension 33 on the topof the rear wall 23* is omitted and the extension 25 on the top of thefront wall 22 is' springyandv flexible; and formed integrally with thefront wall. The front wall extension 25 serves to retain the radioreceiver in the box-like structure.

Furthermore, in this form of receiver holder 20*, a bail 38. is; securedto the sidewalls 26 and 28 by means of rivets 39, extending above thebox-like structure and serving: asv a handle for carrying the receiverholder 20* byhandi.

FIGS. 11-13 show still another modified formof radio receiver holder 20similar to holder 20 The holder is provided with a horn 40,, shown tobest advantage in FIG. 14. This horn has a circular narrow end 41provided with small radio fingers 42 which engage at the inner rim ofopening 32? in front wall 22. Small knobs or projections 46 are locatedat the narrow end of the horn and spaced from the fingers 42' distancesequal to the thickness of the rim of opening 32. The horn can be snappedinto the opening 32 and will then be rotatably mounted. The horn has anouter endor section 45 which is axially disposed at an angle to the axisof narrow inner section 47. Thus the plane of the mouth 48 of the hornis angularly disposed to the plane of wall 32 and horn end 41. When thehorn is rotated in opening 32 the sound emitted therethrough will bedirected up, down, right, left or in any other desired directionangularly to the front wall 22". The horn 40 can be engaged in openingv32 of any of the holders 20, 20 20 20 or 20, and Will be rotatablydisposed therein.

The holders 20, 20 20 20 and 20 can be made of metal orplastic material.They can be made by mass production metal or plastic working machineryat low 4 cost. They are light in weight, attractive in appearance, andtheir utility is. readily. apparent.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be made within, the scope of, the inventionv asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent A holder for a rectangulartransistor radio receiver, comprising a rectangular substantiallyenclosed box-like structure of spring metal having flat rectangularfront, rear, bottom and opposed side walls, said" structure being openat the top, said front wall having a round open.- ing in the centerthereof registering with a loudspeaker opening in a radio receiver whenin the box-like struc.- ture, a plate-like member extending upwardlyfrom the top edge of the front wallcentrally thereof a nd being freefrom securement to the side walls, a hinge device connecting the bottomendof the plate-like member to the top edge of the front, wall, saidplate-like. member curving into a horizontal portion over the top.opening in the structure, an upwardly extending flange on the extremityof the horizontal portion of the front plate-like member for holdingsaid front plate-like member in operative position, and perforatedsupportmembers ex tending outwardly of the side. Walls, saidfront-plate-like member beingv swingable outwardly to provide clearancefor entrance of a radio receiver into the interior of the structure andbeing. swingable. inwardly to serve as a closurev wall for the radioreceiver when in the structure.

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1,080,400 12/ 1-9-13 Adams 2067*1-9-5 2,250,782 7/1941 Tapie 206 -1412,447,787 8/1948 Atkinson 206 138 2,702,604. 2/ 1955 Hooks et a1.

DAVID G. REDINBAUGH, Primary Examiner.

J. W. CALDWELL, Assistant Examiner.

